Ben McCary
benmccary.bsky.social
Ben McCary
@benmccary.bsky.social
Seattle data scientist. Dad. Likes birds, the Puget Sound, bad music. view expressed are my own.
Please this down. It's fine to make a mistake and share (please don't!), but don't leave it up when you find out it's fake please.
October 26, 2025 at 10:35 AM
I'm super into urban design & infra outside of my day job. @jensvb.bsky.social has some really great stuff.
October 16, 2025 at 4:01 AM
But tests? This is a super difficult problem. One way you can look at it is utility: if the model output ends up being copy pasted, or generating code that lands in a repo. Also throughput metrics. (obvs tons of caveats.)

IME, good prompters iterate on specific problems till hit rates are high.
October 16, 2025 at 3:59 AM
This is super interesting. I've heard of ppl having specific prompts+environments for steps a wkflw: prompt A for discovery, prompt B for code gen, C for testing, and D for deployment. Iterate and share with colleagues.

Sharing prompts like we used to use stack overflow.
October 16, 2025 at 3:59 AM
downvote. There's enough misinformation going on. Let's keep this to real stuff please.

If anyone knows of alt accounts that are similar but less bot-ish, I'd follow.
October 16, 2025 at 3:40 AM
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October 4, 2025 at 9:51 PM
source from 6 yrs ago. Apparently not a lot has changed. youtu.be/_uSJsYqYeCs?...
WATCH: Trump threatens shutdown in heated meeting with top Democrats
YouTube video by PBS NewsHour
youtu.be
October 4, 2025 at 1:13 AM
The Seattle ICE detention center is nearly at capacity for the first time

tracreports.org/immigration/...

#ICE #Seattle
September 29, 2025 at 5:05 PM
I've heard of @nwirp.bsky.social for several years now and really admired their work. Just noticed they're on bluesky too. Bumping their @ here!
September 26, 2025 at 12:18 PM
@vera.org also has a really good website for visualizing how detainee populations are growing over time: www.vera.org/ice-detentio...
ICE Detention Trends | Vera Institute of Justice
www.vera.org
September 26, 2025 at 12:17 PM
And according to the TRAC dataset, Tacoma is the 4th largest contract detention center in the country.
September 26, 2025 at 11:36 AM
According to a local advocacy group, the NWIRP, the capacity is a bit higher than this dataset shows, 1,575. But even at the smaller number in the dataset, Tacoma is one of the top 20 largest detention centers in the country.

www.nwirp.org/resources/nw...
September 26, 2025 at 11:34 AM